The senior from Connell, Wash., who followed his linebacker brother Spencer’s footsteps to BYU way back in 2012, got a tryout at running back in the spring as the Cougars looked for a replacement for Jamaal Williams. But Hadley had a balky foot injury that precluded him from showing the form he displayed in high school when he rushed for a state-record 47 touchdowns as a junior and a state-record 746 points in his career.
“That foot injury was a pretty big hiccup for me, but it is good now,” he said. “I’m 100 percent now. Yeah, we’re good.